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plagued by a cough for all of last week
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Recent Examples of plagued
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
Drafted in the sixth round, Smack is tasked with stabilizing a position that has plagued Green Bay since Mason Crosby's departure.
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Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Reflecting pool still making waves The saga of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday is getting murkier than the water that has long plagued the iconic landmark.
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Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Instead, Isaac, 28, will become an unrestricted free agent after nine years in Orlando that were plagued by injury.
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Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
Brown noted that the counterprotesters and gun threats that plagued early Pride parades have largely disappeared, and today’s events see thousands of attendees, including numerous straight allies.
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Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
By the time of the shooting in November 1999, the 5-foot-11, 194-pound Carruth was again being plagued by injuries.
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Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
The rapper’s recent tour has been plagued with cancelations due to West’s history of antisemitism.
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Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2026
The high school exam board, CBSE, has faced public outrage over an electronic marking system plagued with technical glitches, during which students said answers were wrongly marked or, in some cases, answer sheets were omitted entirely.
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Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
Verb
Silva served as Stockton’s mayor from 2013 to 2017, a term that was plagued by scandal.
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Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
Drafted in the sixth round, Smack is tasked with stabilizing a position that has plagued Green Bay since Mason Crosby's departure.
—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Reflecting pool still making waves The saga of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday is getting murkier than the water that has long plagued the iconic landmark.
—
Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Instead, Isaac, 28, will become an unrestricted free agent after nine years in Orlando that were plagued by injury.
—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
Brown noted that the counterprotesters and gun threats that plagued early Pride parades have largely disappeared, and today’s events see thousands of attendees, including numerous straight allies.
—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
By the time of the shooting in November 1999, the 5-foot-11, 194-pound Carruth was again being plagued by injuries.
—
Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
The rapper’s recent tour has been plagued with cancelations due to West’s history of antisemitism.
—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2026
The high school exam board, CBSE, has faced public outrage over an electronic marking system plagued with technical glitches, during which students said answers were wrongly marked or, in some cases, answer sheets were omitted entirely.
—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagued
Adjective
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But no one who delves into Duchamp can shake the feeling that erotic fixations and frustrated romantic love are at the core of his imaginative universe.
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Unemployment remains above 30%, making migrants easy political targets for frustrated communities and opportunistic actors.
Verb
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Jude, meanwhile, was shifting from tossing cones to tugging at his ears, afflicted with the same malady that had landed several of the toddlers on the room’s version of the injury list.
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They are both afflicted by cognitive and/or hearing issues.
Adjective
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The individuals have been charged with one or a combination of offenses including simple assault, conspiracy, theft, failure to disperse, disorderly conduct, aggravated assault, riot and others.
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Under federal immigration law, second‑degree bail jumping is classified as an aggravated felony, a designation that generally bars lawful permanent residents from seeking cancellation of removal and most other forms of relief.
Verb
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The Washington Principles also recognize that many sales of artwork by Jews during the Nazi era occurred while they were being persecuted, or under duress.
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Representatives of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine have been persecuted.
Adjective
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It’s held together beautifully by Bailey, who’s easy to root for as the tortured protagonist, and, as one half (along with her sister) of the musical duo Chloe x Halle, knows a thing or two about the musician’s plight.
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Superman pops in for a couple of cute scenes along the way, while another DC side character, the alien and bounty hunter Lobo (Jason Momoa), appears as a tortured bit of universe-building.
Verb
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Boston was besieged by the Tartan Army.
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In the adjacent room, the Shapiro team was equally besieged.
Adjective
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But summer back in New York, amid the fug of the city, requires a return to a tested and true formula.
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The End Kidney Deaths Act finally offers a tested and reasonable solution.
Verb
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The pseudonymous title character, a depressed, drunken, belligerent twenty-six-year-old advice columnist, has no real hardships of his own and is cursed by doubt.
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Unlike Tithonus, cursed to age forever, electoral rules can and should be renewed.
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“Plagued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plagued. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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